坌

Translingual

Han character

坌 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹土 (CSHG), four-corner 8010₄, composition ⿱分土)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 225, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4926
• Dae Jaweon: page 460, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 424, character 4
• Unihan data for U+574C

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Chinese

trad.		坌
simp. #		坌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (分) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
扮	*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼	*pʰrɯːns
頒	*praːn, *bɯn
朌	*praːn, *bɯn
鳻	*praːn, *bɯn
份	*prɯn, *bɯns
汃	*pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢	*prɯn
邠	*prɯn
攽	*prɯn
砏	*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧	*brɯn
湓	*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆	*bɯːn
葐	*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分	*pɯn, *bɯns
吩	*pɯn
粉	*pɯnʔ
黺	*pɯnʔ
芬	*pʰɯn
紛	*pʰɯn
衯	*pʰɯn
棻	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰	*pʰɯn
忿	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾	*bɯn
羒	*bɯn
枌	*bɯn
棼	*bɯn
妢	*bɯn
梤	*bɯn
馚	*bɯn
鼢	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅	*bɯnʔ
秎	*bɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèn
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴
    • Yale: bèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
    • Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban⁶
    • Yale: bahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: bwonH

Rime
Character	坌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲悶切
Baxter	bwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buənH/
Pan Wuyun	/buonH/
Shao Rongfen	/buənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwənH/
Li Rong	/buənH/
Wang Li	/buənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːns/, /*bɯnʔ/, /*bɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坌	坌	坌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	3146	3189	3194
Phonetic component	分	分	分
Rime group	文	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	坌	憤	分
Old Chinese	/*bɯːns/	/*bɯnʔ/	/*bɯns/
Notes	見漢書	同坋，餘校補	同坋，餘校補

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 坌

1. ^† dust; earth
2. ^† (of dust) to fly up or settle on something else
3. ^† to assemble; to gather
4. ^† to gush
5. ^† together
6. (dialectal) to dig (carrots, etc.); to turn over (soil)
7. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 笨 (bèn, “dull; clumsy”).

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Japanese

Kanji

坌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. dust
2. earth
3. bank of earth
4. to dig
5. to bring together

Readings

• On (unclassified): ほん (hon), ぼん (bon), ふん (fun)
• Kun: ちり (chiri), ならぶ (narabu), あつまる (atsumaru), わくさま (wakusama)

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Korean

Hanja

坌 • (bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune–Reischauer pun)

1. dust
2. earth
3. bank of earth
4. to dig
5. to bring together

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 坌 (bộn)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation